Douglas Jardine
Douglas Robert Jardine
Born: 23 October 1900, Malabar Hill, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Died: 18 June 1958, Montreux, Switzerland
Major Teams: Oxford University, Surrey, Services, England.
Known As: Douglas Jardine
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break
Test Debut: England v West Indies at Lord's, 1st Test, 1928
Last Test: England v India at Madras, 3rd Test, 1933/34
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1928
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 22 33 6 1296 127 48.00 1 10 26 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 1 0 10 0 - - 0 0 - 10.00
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1920 - 1933)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 262 378 61 14848 214 46.83 35 72 188 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 2582 1493 48 31.10 6-28 1 0 53.7 3.46
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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A controversial figure in cricket history, Jardine is mostly
remembered as the captian of England in the bodyline series in
1932-33, directing his bowlers to aim short pitched fast
deliveries at the batsman, supported by a packed leg side field.
These tactics were developed specifically to counter-act the high
scoring of the brilliant Bradman, and were successful, England
winning the series but at the expense of cricketing
relationships and good will between the countries. Disliked by
many opponents, and hated in Australia, Jardine was a hard, aloof
man (nicknamed the "Iron Duke") who inspired great loyalty from
his players. He did little to defuse the high tensions of the
1932-33 series with his aristocratic and at times disdainful
manner. Bodyline aside, he was a fine and innovative captain, and
a very good batsman, immaculate in his defense, and particularly
strong against fast bowling. When the West Indies deployed a
barrage of fast, intimidatory bowling in 1933, Jardine, battered
and bruised made 133. Of Scots background, and Indian birth, he
followed his father into the Oxford team, and then joined Surrey,
making his debut in 1923. Topping the national averages in 1927
and 1928, he became captain of Surrey in 1932, and shortly after
that of England. He dropped out of first class cricket after 1934
and died of cancer at the relatively young age of 57. He has been
described as a perfect gentleman, and one of England's finest
captains but his willingness to put aside the spirit of the game
in order to win at all costs led Benny Green to condemn him as
"An outstanding cricketer, a brave man, and quite possibly a
nincompoop of an intrinsically English genus" (Dave Liverman with thanks to
Ashok Sridharan, 1999).
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